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Without knowing the make/model of your converter box, or knowing how your antenna is connected, hard to say. But any decent TV antenna will pickup digital/HDTV signals, you don't need a fancy "HD antenna". http://www.hdtvantennalabs.com/hdtv-antenna-hype.php

The Center pre-out was intended to go to your TV's audio-in jack, letting your TV's built-in speakers provide the center-channel, or dialogue speaker, for the surround setup. Recievers with pre-outs let you use external, more powerful (or exotic/expensive) amplifiers, or self-powered (active or...

fritter87 and jaguarskx hit the nail on the head. The higher refresh rates are literally causing your TV to add frames that aren't there, giving everything the "shot on video" look that is probably what you're referring to. Most higher end stereo/video/home theater magazines and sites have...

Not when I can have a Core i5 laptop with a BluRay player in it for the same $600. Sorry, I don't see the "need" for a tablet.

Meh

Eh. Maybe it's like that series of Corvettes they made, where a tuneup was over $1000 because literally, to get at the 4 rear sparkplugs to change them, you had to drop the engine. It's all in the labor. And true enough, he sure wasted a lot of time on CL, when he could have been earning a buck...

Really?? Huh. I have a lot of friends who are in trouble then, 'cause I know for a fact most of them have no idea about that.

And since when do we have selective service again? The draft was discontinued before the end of the Vietnam war. It's an all-volunteer army now. Which has lead to a disproportionate number of people serving being poor, black, and Latino/Hispanic because there are not as many viable economic...

How many people here complaining about "socialism" and "government takeover" of healthcare are willing to NOT use Medicare/Medicaid now or when they qualify? What do you think that is? And how many are willing to tear up their Social Security checks? That even has the word "social" in it! Not...

Clearly the guy had hist first warning at 37, but refused to make the lifestyle changes to improve his cardiovascular health. Sounds like it's time for a "3 strikes" approach - stop eating the ribeyes and scotch 3 times a day, or no more surgery!

RE: the SCUBA angle - this is probably more for non-divers who end up snorkeling in Hawaii or the Caribbean, etc., and is a cheap way to shoot cool video of your experience. 3M is plenty deep for snorkeling....

Yeah, that's my question. I just got a Playsport. 1080p & 720p @ 60fps. Takes great video. Waterproof to 10 ft. So how the HECK is this the "first waterproof full HD camcorder" ? ? And my Playsport was only $149.... for that price I can buy 2 Kodaks and a mount and shoot everything in 3D... LOL

Comcast has been a mixed bag for me. I went Comcast when ATT told me due to my distance from the CO, my DSL speeds would never be over 1.5 max. After some horrendous phone issues (we bundled), things have smoothed out. Phone, internet (with speedboost, Broadband Reports avg 22 down, 17 up)...

Re: the Samson BluRay review: I'll point out that I just picked up the Samsung BDP-1600, which also streams NetFlix, BlockBuster(if anyone cares) and Pandora, and also does YouTube. Not WiFi but I didn't care as I use a game-extender wireless hub to provide connectivity for my A/V setup (Tivo...